In a recent post to the Tuck School of Business Admissions Blog, a current MBA student provided some useful information to prospective applicants about what he thinks “fit” means for a Tuck student and what Tuck students share in common.
Suds T. (MBA ’10), a regular contributor to the Tuck Admissions Blog, frequently fields questions from prospective applicants and posts those he feels are most relevant to the wider applicant pool. One such recent question fit the bill:
“All B-schools speak highly of diversity and fit. To my mind, these are really divergent values and each school has its own answer on how these values converge. As a Tuck student, what would you say is common to all Tuck students that gets them to bond despite the diversity and differences in background, actions and goals?” – From an unidentified prospective applicant
Suds’s response? In terms of what Tuckies share in common, Suds points to passion. “It’s the passion to do something – however small – and make it enduring, that’s what I would say is common to Tuckies,” he writes. But the ways in which Tuck students demonstrate their passions are as diverse as their own backgrounds and experiences. Examples range from cleaning up the Hanover community to starting a new Private Equity Conference to changing the way service is provided in the cafeteria.
“In my view, it’s rarely about similarities, and mostly about the differences,” Suds writes. “Study groups are formed specifically with the differences in minds and the system works,” he adds.
So, as a prospective applicant, how do you demonstrate to the Tuck Admissions Committee that you fit within the school’s diverse community? “I would like to turn it around and urge you to think of what you will bring to Tuck that has your own unique stamp rather than focusing on what is common amongst students,” Suds suggests.
For more first-hand student experiences and application advice from current students and admissions staff, visit the Tuck Admissions Blog.
